September 20, 2003 – This was our last backpacking trip before Kate got pregnant in the Fall of 2003. This lean-to is at Marcy Dam in the Adirondack State Park of northern New York State. We were with our good friends, the Bakers, and we all hiked in the night before in the dark and got to the lean-to just as it began to pour rain. Most of us stayed dry. The next morning – shortly after I took this photo – an old friend of mine and his wife stopped over to say hello. He had seen my name in the hiker registry. Erin better like hiking and camping…